All-Time GM / POBO Leaderboard

Every decision-maker since 1985, ranked by GM WAR — wins above a "replacement GM" (an average front office at the same budget), in wins/season: the org-adjusted, shrunk talent-above-budget that's attributable to him, not the franchise he inherited. ★ = currently active. Click any header to sort. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one person.

	Executive	Team(s)	Tenure	Yrs	RFA	PPA	CPA	GM WAR/yr	Depth	Dead WAR	Dead $	TAB	WAB	WAR surplus	Cheap $	Draft $	Trade-cheap $	Int'l $	WAR / yr	Avg WAR/plyr	HG	HG/yr	Trade	Trade/yr	Trades	Trades/yr	FA	FA/yr	Draft %	FA %	Trade %	R5 %	W-L%	PO	Pen	WS
	★ Andrew Friedman	LAD TBR	2006–present	21	+0.23	3.77	0.85	+9.3 ±3.5	9.1	-3.6	30%	+235.8	+197.0	-33.0	+43	+23	+14	+1	-1.57	-0.034	+262.6	+12.50	+89.7	+4.27	130	6.2	-156.0	-7.43	43%	26%	30%	0%	0.572	15	6	3
	★ Erik Neander	TBR	2017–present	10	+0.26	3.46	0.37	+9.1 ±4.9	6.8	-3.2	30%	+135.3	+149.4	+197.1	+71	+12	+47	+3	+19.71	+0.368	+47.1	+4.71	-19.1	-1.91	112	11.2	-40.7	-4.07	23%	19%	58%	1%	0.558	5	1	–
	★ Brandon Gomes	LAD	2022–present	5	+0.29	3.78	0.96	+5.9 ±6.1	9.8	-3.0	22%	+51.6	+51.7	-109.1	+29	+6	+2	-0	-21.81	-0.388	+48.1	+9.62	+1.5	+0.29	39	7.8	+13.1	+2.61	36%	52%	13%	0%	0.619	4	2	2
	★ Mike Chernoff	CLE	2016–present	11	+0.32	3.04	0.64	+5.9 ±4.7	7.1	-4.2	34%	+109.1	+133.8	+143.6	+59	+18	+17	+7	+13.06	+0.283	+112.6	+10.24	-5.0	-0.46	56	5.1	-35.0	-3.18	68%	10%	21%	1%	0.552	7	1	–
	★ Matt Arnold	MIL	2021–present	6	+0.80	4.26	0.35	+4.9 ±5.7	8.3	-4.4	28%	+62.6	+90.3	+64.9	+77	+14	+31	-0	+10.82	+0.200	+56.0	+9.33	+26.1	+4.34	52	8.7	-8.9	-1.48	43%	13%	42%	2%	0.580	4	–	–
	★ Chris Antonetti	CLE	2011–present	16	+0.30	2.85	0.48	+4.2 ±4.0	6.9	-4.6	38%	+122.5	+154.1	+172.1	+55	+17	+20	+6	+10.75	+0.233	+165.0	+10.31	+12.4	+0.77	80	5.0	-51.7	-3.23	65%	9%	26%	1%	0.536	8	1	–
	★ Peter Bendix	MIA TBR	2022–present	5	+0.21	1.68	0.32	+3.7 ±6.1	6.2	-5.2	42%	+43.0	+47.8	+76.7	+70	+7	+43	+5	+15.35	+0.268	+26.6	+5.31	-6.9	-1.38	46	9.2	+2.8	+0.55	42%	15%	41%	2%	0.501	2	–	–
	★ Justin Hollander	SEA	2023–present	4	+0.44	4.04	0.37	+3.6 ±6.5	8.5	-4.4	33%	+23.6	+15.8	+14.6	+62	+24	+8	+0	+3.64	+0.072	+22.4	+5.60	+5.9	+1.48	33	8.2	-6.7	-1.67	63%	6%	31%	0%	0.523	1	–	–
	★ Mike Elias	BAL	2019–present	8	+0.13	1.83	0.16	+3.5 ±5.4	4.5	-5.7	55%	+19.7	+16.4	+45.6	+50	+9	+14	-0	+5.70	+0.100	+70.2	+8.78	+1.5	+0.19	50	6.2	+0.5	+0.07	65%	9%	22%	3%	0.468	2	–	–
	★ David Stearns	MIL NYM	2016–2022, 2024–present	10	+0.81	3.17	0.25	+3.4 ±4.9	7.0	-4.4	29%	+32.6	+35.4	-45.8	+41	+18	+21	+0	-4.58	-0.087	+42.2	+4.22	+48.5	+4.85	67	6.7	-18.0	-1.80	24%	33%	43%	0%	0.527	5	–	–
	★ Jeff Greenberg	DET	2024–present	3	+0.28	2.59	0.21	+3.0 ±7.1	7.3	-4.3	44%	+10.9	+9.9	+3.3	+69	+20	+5	+0	+1.09	+0.022	+28.0	+9.33	-1.5	-0.51	13	4.3	+6.0	+2.02	78%	22%	0%	0%	0.514	2	–	–
	★ Alex Anthopoulos	ATL TOR	2010–2015, 2018–present	15	+0.14	2.94	0.44	+2.8 ±4.1	6.9	-4.8	33%	+46.7	+72.9	-63.8	+26	+6	+6	+7	-4.26	-0.084	+117.8	+7.85	-33.5	-2.23	88	5.9	-34.6	-2.31	38%	34%	28%	0%	0.543	8	1	1
	★ Derek Falvey	MIN	2017–present	10	+0.41	3.09	0.40	+2.8 ±4.9	6.9	-4.2	25%	+42.1	+15.5	+37.3	+46	+21	+12	+6	+3.73	+0.072	+61.6	+6.16	-5.4	-0.54	52	5.2	-29.8	-2.98	41%	35%	24%	0%	0.504	4	–	–
	★ Preston Mattingly	PHI	2025–present	2	+0.35	3.87	0.64	+2.1 ±7.8	8.0	-4.0	19%	+4.6	+6.8	-47.6	+35	-4	+31	+2	-23.82	-0.535	+0.0	+0.01	+1.6	+0.78	7	3.5	-6.2	-3.08	0%	32%	68%	0%	0.571	1	–	–
	★ Jed Hoyer	BOS CHC SDP	2006–2006, 2010–present	18	+0.27	2.78	0.27	+1.9 ±3.8	7.2	-4.7	31%	+29.7	+11.2	-120.0	+30	+15	+12	+2	-6.67	-0.136	+153.9	+8.55	+28.0	+1.56	110	6.1	-33.8	-1.88	33%	30%	36%	1%	0.513	6	1	1
	★ Craig Breslow	BOS	2024–present	3	+0.24	2.81	0.24	+1.7 ±7.1	8.3	-4.4	35%	+20.4	+9.8	+0.9	+38	+16	+3	+0	+0.31	+0.006	+12.7	+4.22	-0.2	-0.06	23	7.7	-1.3	-0.44	28%	37%	34%	0%	0.530	1	–	–
	★ Dave Dombrowski	BOS DET MIA PHI WSN	1989–2019, 2021–present	36	+0.37	2.51	0.29	+1.3 ±2.7	6.8	-4.9	30%	+24.6	-24.4	-325.8	+20	+8	+9	+2	-9.05	-0.228	+338.6	+9.40	+27.2	+0.76	206	5.7	-51.9	-1.44	36%	27%	37%	0%	0.504	13	5	2
	★ Scott Harris	DET SFG	2019–present	8	+0.09	2.58	0.33	+1.3 ±5.4	5.8	-4.9	35%	+2.9	+19.8	-41.4	+46	+16	+11	+1	-5.18	-0.096	+40.2	+5.03	+2.3	+0.29	45	5.6	-18.5	-2.31	36%	57%	8%	0%	0.521	3	–	–
	★ Brian Cashman	NYY	1999–present	28	+0.27	3.85	0.58	+1.2 ±3.1	9.1	-4.1	23%	+59.3	+95.8	-905.6	+19	+8	+7	+3	-32.34	-0.749	+330.8	+11.81	-21.0	-0.75	166	5.9	-83.8	-2.99	42%	43%	15%	0%	0.581	22	6	3
	★ Jerry Dipoto	ANA ARI SEA	2010–present	17	+0.26	2.38	0.21	+0.8 ±3.9	6.8	-5.1	34%	+11.8	+30.1	-75.6	+42	+24	+10	+2	-4.45	-0.089	+141.8	+8.34	+40.1	+2.36	132	7.8	-128.1	-7.54	44%	10%	46%	0%	0.516	3	–	–
	★ Dana Brown	HOU	2023–present	4	+1.00	3.68	0.27	+0.7 ±6.5	7.8	-4.7	28%	-3.6	+2.5	-62.9	+44	+8	+9	+1	-15.73	-0.301	+2.4	+0.61	+4.1	+1.01	20	5.0	-5.6	-1.40	12%	74%	14%	0%	0.534	2	–	–
	★ Jeremy Zoll	MIN	2025–present	2	+1.32	1.08	0.13	+0.6 ±7.8	6.0	-5.7	24%	+6.4	-4.9	+15.2	+38	+6	+16	+0	+7.61	+0.145	+6.9	+3.44	-4.7	-2.37	17	8.5	+1.0	+0.50	61%	10%	29%	0%	0.448	–	–	–
	★ David Forst	OAK	2016–present	11	+0.02	2.51	0.20	+0.3 ±4.7	5.1	-6.4	56%	-4.3	+8.8	+55.5	+37	+14	+14	+0	+5.05	+0.096	+48.4	+4.40	+2.0	+0.18	67	6.1	-72.3	-6.57	47%	10%	43%	0%	0.464	3	–	–
	★ J.J. Picollo	KCR	2021–present	6	+0.04	1.91	0.16	+0.3 ±5.7	4.7	-6.1	41%	-16.5	-32.3	-4.3	+38	+10	-2	+0	-0.72	-0.014	+71.9	+11.98	+0.9	+0.15	35	5.8	+5.1	+0.86	77%	17%	6%	0%	0.446	1	–	–
	★ Ross Atkins	TOR	2016–present	11	+0.39	2.92	0.27	+0.3 ±4.7	6.9	-4.9	34%	-1.7	-12.5	-115.2	+19	+11	-0	+6	-10.48	-0.193	+75.9	+6.90	+21.4	+1.95	69	6.3	-9.6	-0.87	39%	38%	23%	0%	0.510	5	1	–
	★ Mike Hazen	ARI BOS	2015–2015, 2017–present	11	+0.07	2.68	0.25	-0.0 ±4.7	6.5	-6.0	42%	-1.6	-5.4	-35.3	+34	+5	+19	+2	-3.20	-0.062	+60.1	+5.47	-12.9	-1.18	61	5.5	-9.4	-0.85	43%	29%	28%	0%	0.492	2	1	–
	★ Carter Hawkins	CHC	2021–present	6	+0.80	2.89	0.23	-0.2 ±5.7	7.7	-5.6	31%	-2.0	-10.4	-58.8	+29	+14	+6	+1	-9.80	-0.171	+32.3	+5.38	+6.2	+1.03	39	6.5	+7.7	+1.28	31%	47%	22%	0%	0.507	1	–	–
	★ Buster Posey	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.43	0.49	0.08	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-5.6	19%	-12.7	-16.6	-24.2	+26	+5	-6	+0	-12.11	-0.220	+1.2	+0.60	+6.2	+3.10	8	4.0	+2.5	+1.23	14%	18%	67%	1%	0.457	–	–	–
	★ Zack Minasian	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.43	0.49	0.08	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-5.6	19%	-12.7	-16.6	-24.2	+26	+5	-6	+0	-12.11	-0.220	+1.2	+0.60	+6.2	+3.10	8	4.0	+2.5	+1.23	14%	18%	67%	1%	0.457	–	–	–
	★ Ross Fenstermaker	TEX	2025–present	2	+0.03	1.33	0.14	-0.7 ±7.8	6.5	-4.0	20%	-2.6	-7.4	-28.6	+48	+7	-2	+0	-14.31	-0.289	-1.0	-0.49	-1.8	-0.91	10	5.0	-2.4	-1.19	0%	100%	0%	0%	0.502	–	–	–
	★ Mike Girsch	STL	2018–present	9	+0.65	2.31	0.22	-1.0 ±5.2	6.4	-4.1	34%	+7.7	+21.8	-50.6	+38	+17	+2	+1	-5.62	-0.122	+70.7	+7.85	-3.5	-0.38	37	4.1	-24.0	-2.67	51%	14%	35%	0%	0.519	4	–	–
	★ Josh Byrnes	ARI COL SDP	2006–2010, 2012–2014, 2026–present	9	+0.06	0.49	0.08	-1.1 ±4.9	5.1	-5.9	42%	-21.3	-17.2	+11.2	+20	+10	+8	+2	+1.24	+0.031	+88.1	+9.79	-91.6	-10.18	53	5.9	-13.2	-1.46	55%	13%	32%	0%	0.461	1	–	–
	★ AJ Preller	SDP	2015–present	12	+0.09	2.44	0.41	-1.2 ±4.6	6.1	-4.9	36%	-10.2	-14.2	-67.7	+28	+5	+17	+3	-5.64	-0.111	+51.6	+4.30	+5.7	+0.48	79	6.6	-35.4	-2.95	22%	36%	42%	0%	0.493	4	–	–
	★ Chris Young	TEX	2021–present	6	+0.01	1.70	0.20	-1.4 ±5.7	6.3	-5.3	31%	-16.0	-37.7	-75.0	+34	+2	+12	+1	-12.50	-0.240	+36.6	+6.10	+2.4	+0.39	35	5.8	+51.0	+8.50	29%	64%	7%	0%	0.472	1	1	1
	★ Nick Krall	CIN	2018–present	9	+0.39	1.17	0.13	-2.1 ±5.2	4.8	-6.1	55%	-25.7	-17.1	-13.9	+31	+9	+8	+1	-1.55	-0.029	+77.2	+8.57	-10.6	-1.17	53	5.9	-46.9	-5.21	72%	23%	5%	0%	0.468	2	–	–
	★ Chaim Bloom	BOS STL	2020–2023, 2026–present	5	+0.36	1.55	0.15	-2.4 ±6.5	4.6	-4.9	37%	-4.7	+3.5	-43.2	+22	+4	+4	+3	-8.63	-0.170	+27.6	+5.52	+11.3	+2.26	38	7.6	-47.8	-9.56	34%	32%	23%	10%	0.495	1	–	–
	★ Ben Cherington	BOS PIT	2006–2006, 2012–2015, 2020–present	12	+0.03	1.49	0.21	-4.2 ±4.6	5.6	-6.8	46%	-44.2	-41.7	-99.0	+18	+3	+4	+1	-8.25	-0.156	+79.1	+6.59	+19.2	+1.60	83	6.9	-14.0	-1.17	42%	22%	36%	0%	0.460	1	1	1
	★ Chris Getz	CHW	2024–present	3	+0.00	0.23	0.05	-5.8 ±7.1	3.7	-9.0	66%	-28.3	-42.3	-15.9	+16	+3	-4	-3	-5.29	-0.088	+21.0	+7.01	+10.9	+3.64	21	7.0	-11.7	-3.91	56%	0%	44%	1%	0.376	–	–	–
	★ Perry Minasian	ANA	2021–present	6	+0.07	0.45	0.08	-7.7 ±5.7	4.7	-8.7	44%	-80.4	-77.8	-131.2	+28	+8	+1	+0	-21.87	-0.350	+19.0	+3.16	-11.1	-1.86	30	5.0	-36.4	-6.07	70%	20%	10%	0%	0.433	–	–	–
	★ Anirudh Kilambi	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.25	0.07	–	6.0	-7.1	52%	+6.1	+8.0	+12.5	+74	+0	+11	+4	+12.52	+0.261	+0.2	+0.25	+1.2	+1.18	5	5.0	-1.2	-1.25	22%	0%	78%	0%	0.471	–	–	–
	★ Gabe Kapler	MIA	2026–present	1	+0.05	0.98	0.13	–	6.0	-3.7	45%	+11.9	+9.8	+20.0	+103	-2	+40	+0	+19.95	+0.464	+0.0	+0.00	-2.5	-2.46	5	5.0	-0.3	-0.26	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.490	–	–	–
	★ Paul Toboni	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.25	0.07	–	6.0	-7.1	52%	+6.1	+8.0	+12.5	+74	+0	+11	+4	+12.52	+0.261	+0.2	+0.25	+1.2	+1.18	5	5.0	-1.2	-1.25	22%	0%	78%	0%	0.471	–	–	–

Trade metric units: RFA = playoff-readiness percentage points per Future-oriented trade; PPA = playoff probability points per acquired WAR; CPA = championship probability points per acquired WAR. GM WAR (default sort) is wins above a replacement GM per season; ± is its 95% band. All figures are credited to whoever ran baseball operations in the relevant trade or acquisition year.